Roaming Profiles on Windows 10 Taskbar problems
Hello Experts,
I am setting up new laptops in my organization with Windows 10 Pro (version 1809). I have encountered an issue after copying over Roaming Profiles (.v6), the user's Taskbar is not usable. Most of the 'custom' icons in the systray do not work. The user cannot right click most of these icons and get a context menu (however a few work, such as the battery icon, Bluetooth, etc, most of the 'System' icons do work). Mainly any 'custom' icons (such as Symantec, Adobe, etc) do not work.
Also, any program shortcuts in the bottom left corner (such as Mail, Explorer, etc) behave 'oddly'. If the user clicks the Mail icon to launch it, it launches, but then immediately closes.
Seems like some sort of registry corruption, but I cannot narrow it down.
I have observed that I can log in with my own profile and copy over my Roaming Profile and this issue does not repro. I have full functionality of the Taskbar and systray icons as expected.
I might also add that the user accounts affected are not Administrator accounts, they are Standard users.
One last detail - this is an upgrade, not a clean install of Windows 10. We are upgrading from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro.
Has anyone encountered any issues like this with Roaming Profiles? Any help is much appreciated!
I am setting up new laptops in my organization with Windows 10 Pro (version 1809). I have encountered an issue after copying over Roaming Profiles (.v6), the user's Taskbar is not usable. Most of the 'custom' icons in the systray do not work. The user cannot right click most of these icons and get a context menu (however a few work, such as the battery icon, Bluetooth, etc, most of the 'System' icons do work). Mainly any 'custom' icons (such as Symantec, Adobe, etc) do not work.
Also, any program shortcuts in the bottom left corner (such as Mail, Explorer, etc) behave 'oddly'. If the user clicks the Mail icon to launch it, it launches, but then immediately closes.
Seems like some sort of registry corruption, but I cannot narrow it down.
I have observed that I can log in with my own profile and copy over my Roaming Profile and this issue does not repro. I have full functionality of the Taskbar and systray icons as expected.
I might also add that the user accounts affected are not Administrator accounts, they are Standard users.
One last detail - this is an upgrade, not a clean install of Windows 10. We are upgrading from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro.
Has anyone encountered any issues like this with Roaming Profiles? Any help is much appreciated!
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Hi Scott. Thanks for the response!
Sorry, I should have been clearer in my description. These machines are clean installs of Windows 10. The roaming profiles are stored on a server in the v2 format. After the install and fully update of these machines, we are renaming the profiles to v6 on the server and copying them over to the machine.
The odd thing is, I can do the same thing for my own profile, and this issue does not repro. It only occurs for certain other users. There is no specific variable we can narrow down for the users accounts.
Sorry, I should have been clearer in my description. These machines are clean installs of Windows 10. The roaming profiles are stored on a server in the v2 format. After the install and fully update of these machines, we are renaming the profiles to v6 on the server and copying them over to the machine.
The odd thing is, I can do the same thing for my own profile, and this issue does not repro. It only occurs for certain other users. There is no specific variable we can narrow down for the users accounts.
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Thanks Scott! That is exactly what our IT dept was afraid of, and it does make perfect sense what you are saying about the profile structures and permissions. In fact, someone on our team pointed out it seemed like a permissions issue from the beginning.
Thank you very much for the input, and also for the profile migration tool link. That gives me a great new path to pursue!
Thank you very much for the input, and also for the profile migration tool link. That gives me a great new path to pursue!
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Scott's answer was exactly what I was looking for. Precise and to the point! Thank you very much for your help, sir!
Glad I could help. We have all been there at some time...
I would also recommend folder redirection as it can reduce profile sizes.
I just use folder redirection of the desktop and "my documents" as I had executives that would NOT stop piling things into their desktops.
Then I can back up all critical files in one place...
I would also recommend folder redirection as it can reduce profile sizes.
I just use folder redirection of the desktop and "my documents" as I had executives that would NOT stop piling things into their desktops.
Then I can back up all critical files in one place...
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Thank you again tremendously for the help, sir!
Did you try to take a machine off roaming, do the upgrade, then put it back on roaming?
I am assuming there is an issue when the roaming profiles are trying to convert on the first save back...